St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-14
WEEKLY REVIEW.

The market continues steady and firm, with
fair movement of goods. Prices have been
of late remarkably free from fluctuations
there being but few advances and exceedingly
little inclination toward lower quotations. The
volume OF business is generally referred to as
fair for the time of year, the full opening of
the season being looked forward to as likely
to bring a satisfactory trade. The drug mar
ket has been unusually active Tor the season
of-the year, and trade is rapidly increasing.
The stock of goods carried in St. Paul is the
largest by far ever known in its history, and
there never was time when its pre-eminence
as distributing point was so marked. There
has been desperate effort on the part
of some outside cities to create an impression
that the Interstate commerce act would in
jure, If not destroy. the business of St. Paul.
1.-The wish that it might be so, 'being father
to the thought" This attempt, however, to
benefit at our expense is a total failure. St.
Paul thus far at least, has been benefited by
the new law, and in the few sections where
its benefits to our city are in doubt, st. Paul
will see to it that its trade is protected, and
any determinations against it promptly cor
rected. The river and lake now open at once,
and ST. Paul is practically the head of navi-
cation of boats. The prices of field seeds are
low, especially clover seeds and timothy. A
great deal of poor seed at cut prices is being
offered. This is unfortunate, as seeding with
poor or mixed seed is Improbable.
The changes on drugs, chemicals, etc., are
few. Lard Oil is lower, glycerine and car
bolc acid are a little lower. The dry goods
trade is active in ell departments and prices
are generally firmly maintained, and for the
last few days the weather has been much
more favorable for active trading in all sea-
Sonable goods. The order trade has been es-
pecially heavy and considerable in excess of
What WAS expected. Agents in the country
find farmers and all others in the interior to
be in unusually good circumstances ready
I.,ry
still better, that they all have more to pay
with than they have been in the habit OF hay
ing heretofore. This is one reason why the
order trade is so much more liberal than has
been noted heretofore. The custom trade has
been very active, too, but it has been wholly
overshadowed by the order trade, so that il
does not look as large as it really is. Grocer
les are scarcely ever less than active. At
present. dealers are we'll filed with orders
and are sending out large quantities of goods.
Hardware is very active and firm, with col
leetions excellent. The demand for lumber
is increasing and prices are frmng up good
:deaf.S Leather, boots and shoes, and finished
iron and steel are steady and active.
e. .95 II Groceries.
Il Dried Fruits-Currants new. 5s4c; Turkish
prunes, new, 5s4c; blackberries, in barrels,
'i014es California London layer rasins Sl.S5;
Naiencia new. 614c; dried apples. New York
IN = =
GRATED, I21&@13%c.
Canned Goods-Per doz oysters, 2-fb cans
$l.5G@l Is; peaches, 5-fb cans, standards,
S1.S5; peaches, BIB cans, seconds, S1.40; sal
mon, lib cans, Columbia river. S1.T0; toma-
toes, 3-b cans, standards. Sl.35; gallon apples.
Erie, So. IS.
Coftee-Java, fancy grades, 24@2sc; infer
ior, 2C@22c; Rio, washed. l714@171ac; prime,
16@161ac.
Teas-Japan, common to fair, 25@3Oc: SUI
peror to fine, 30940c; extra fine to finest,
100000; gunpowder and imperial, common to
fair, 25@35c; superior to fine. 4005Oc; extra
fine to finest, '60@75c; Young Tyson. common
stoZfair, 22Q3Qc; superior to fine, 35945c; ex-
tra fine to finest, 55970c; Ooloug, common to
fair 25035c; superior to fine, 35@50c; extra
fneEto finest, 609s0c; English breakfast Sou
chongs and Congoes, common to fair 20630c.
superior to fine, 465s@55c; extra fine to finest
600S0c.
sugars-Cut loaf. 65sc: powdered, 6s4c;
standard graduated, exc; standard A, SIZE;
white extra c. 5H@55sc; yellow extra c, SIZE;
yellow c, sc.
Syrup and Molasses-Syrup, No. 6. Csc;
syrup fair, 3Oc; syrup. good, '35c; syrup, prime,
42c; molaSseS, common, 1Sc: New Orleans,
common. 35c; New Orleans, fair, 45c; New
Orleans, good, 60c.
America 151ac.
Beans-Medium hand-picked, 81. 65; Navy
hand-picked, S1.90.
woodware-Two-hoop pals, sl.35; 3-hoop
pals, SLIGO: No. l tubs, So; No. 2 tubs
So; No. 8 tubs, 81; WASN'T cards, '.Wi-
SON Singles" SL.75; washboards, Wilson
Doubles, S2.75.
Spices-Pepper. Singapore, zoe; cassia
China. 9@l2; cassia, Saigon, 45950c; pimento,
S@10c; cloves, Ambogyna, 32@35c; cloves,
Zanzibar, csc; nutmegs, No. l, CSC; nutmegs,
No. 2, soc; mace 60070c.